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NCT06052163RecruitingPhase 2

Bumetanide in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease

Phase IIa, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Safety and Tolerability of Bumetanide in Patients With Alzheimer's Disease.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Jan 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This study aims to investigate bumetanide in patients with biologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease (AD). Bumetanide is a potent diuretic administered orally and is FDA approved for the treatment of edema and hypertension. Repurposing bumetanide as a medication for AD has been proposed based on data that demonstrated its ability to "flip" the APOE genotype-dependent transcriptomic signatures in AD mouse and cell culture models. Critically, this discovery was subsequently explored in Electronic Health Record cohorts, which revealed that among individuals over the age of 65, bumetanide exposure was significantly associated with a lower prevalence of AD in three independent datasets. Primary Objective: To evaluate the safety and tolerability of bumetanide when administered to participants with biomarker-confirmed Alzheimer's disease. Secondary Objective: To evaluate the clinical and biomarker effects of bumetanide in participants with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40 (estimated)
First submitted
18 Sept 2023
Start date
10 Apr 2023
Primary completion date
15 Dec 2026
Lead sponsor
Stanford University
NCT number
NCT06052163

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Planned participants: 40
  • From 10 Apr 2023 to the primary completion date, 15 Dec 2026
  • 1 site in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • Participants taking the following concomitant medications, based on the current Prescribing Information for bumetanide: lithium, drugs with ototoxic potential, drugs with nephrotoxic potential, probenecid, and indomethacin.

Other illness

  • Chronic liver disease
  • Renal insufficiency
  • Poorly managed hypertension

Lab values

  • Clinically significant abnormalities in screening laboratory tests

Who the study is looking for

  • Mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.
  • Alzheimer's disease medications are planned to remain stable throughout.
  • Willingness and ability to complete all aspects of the study including assessments, neuropsychological testing, and MRI.

Age in the registry: 50 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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Stanford University
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